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any
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Why, there are iron shutters--I like that."
arrangement
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
attention
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "To be sure, Uncle, they are very practical."
begin
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From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
closed
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From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
Don't
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
Emile
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
even
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From this reading Not even the least light."
first
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
furniture
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Why, there are iron shutters--I like that."
impossible
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From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
iron
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From this reading Why, there are iron shutters--I like that."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
least
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From this reading Not even the least light."
light
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From this reading Not even the least light."
like
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From this reading Why, there are iron shutters--I like that."
little
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
look
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
matters
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not even the least light."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
outside
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From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
pay
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
practical
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From this reading "To be sure, Uncle, they are very practical."
rooms
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From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
see
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From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
shutters
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From this reading Why, there are iron shutters--I like that."
sure
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From this reading "To be sure, Uncle, they are very practical."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Why, there are iron shutters--I like that."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
there
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From this reading Why, there are iron shutters--I like that."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "To be sure, Uncle, they are very practical."
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
Uncle
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From this reading "To be sure, Uncle, they are very practical."
very
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From this reading "To be sure, Uncle, they are very practical."
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Don't pay any attention to the furniture, Emile, it matters little; what we must first look at is the arrangement of the rooms.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
Why
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From this reading Why, there are iron shutters--I like that."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
Yes
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From this reading "Yes, yes; to begin with, when those shutters are closed it would be impossible from the outside to see anything in the rooms.
